Areas of Expertise

Professor Orttung came to GW in 2011, after working at the Open Media Research Institute, EastWest Institute, American University's Transnational Crime and Corruption Center, and the Jefferson Institute. Orttung works as the assistant director of the Institute for European, Russian, and Eurasian Studies. In correlation with his work at GW, Orttung is also a visiting fellow at the Center for Security Studies of the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich.

Education

Ph.D., University of California–Los Angeles

Publications

(with Sufian Zhemukhov), Putin's Olympics: The Sochi Games and the Evolution of Twenty-First Century Russia, London: Routledge, 2017.

Professor Orttung has published numerous articles in the media, including inThe New York Times, The Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, International Herald Tribune, Politico, Newsday, Moscow Times, and Nezavisimaya gazeta. He has also appeared on NPR's All Things Considered.